last night the plan was to watch both Arsenal match and also the Malaysia Cup finale match, but as I actually already expected I was not able to watch the Malaysia Cup finale due to no online streaming available for the match. even the RTM website doesn't help much, when they actually advertised in their official website that they have the online streaming service. but then, that should not really surprised me eh? hehe
anyway, was able to watch the Arsenal vs West Ham league match, and my hope for not-so-cold weather was fulfilled. maybe because it's already raining all day hence the night doesn't feel all that cold anymore. my short summary of the match as per below.
The Starting 11.
as per predicted in my previous post, le Boss will start Andy instead of Theodore in the LWF position. well, maybe some other time we'll be able to see Theodore on that said position as a starter.
The Substitutes.
Theodore for Denny Boy (min 67)
Super Nik for Andy (min 80)
Manu Eboue for Marouane (min 90)
The Final Result.
Arsenal 1-0 West Ham
Alex Song min 87
The Team Performance.
sure we all love the 4-0, 5-1 win but sometimes this kind of result will tell you more about the team. we keep on going with our game up until the final minutes, and I like it very much. we never gave up with our football identity up until the end, and in the end it proved to be just enough for 3 points. yup, 3 points is what matter the most with both Chelsea and Man U also winning their respective league match last night.
to sum it up, I am very proud with the team performance last night.
The Individual Performances.
standout performances from the defensive unit as a whole. they've look a lot better as a unit in recent matches. I'm not sure it's the effect of new found confidence in Lukasz or the effect of leadership from our new signing especially Seba who we all can see is vocal during the match. maybe it's the combination of both. Bak and Gael even go forward on attack with purpose and final ball now. Lukasz did his job very well again last night. and something I noticed was that our back 4 was all French last night. must be only the second time that happened.
Cesc was clearly carrying a knock, and still able to provide a number of killer passes. Samir took the deep lying playmaker role quite well when Theodore came in the second half. and Alex Song, our marauding midfield maestro. I guess people will not complain now that he always seems to found himself in the attacking moves which supposedly left his 'purpose' as a defensive midfield. bullshit la I tell you, we never played with defensive midfielder no more this season.
disappointing performances from Andy and Denny Boy. and to a lesser extent; Marouane. Marouane looks really tired and he could use a period of resting now that Nik is back. Denny lost the ball too much for my liking, and most of them are from his own mistakes i.e. heavy first touch and lack of positional awareness. surely Jack will take back his place now that he had finished serving his 3 match ban.
and on to Andy. let's give him a place on the bench for few games eh le Boss. can be good to rest him, he seems to always played an awful lot of international matches. cannot be help la I think since he is the Russia international team captain. but also, and more importantly maybe he will realize that he can be dropped if he keep on performing as how he's been doing so far this season. I'm quite sure Theodore will relish his opportunity to play on the left side if he got it.
The MOTM.
surely Robert Green deserve the MOTM for the match, but from our side I'm choosing Alex Song to be our MOTM.
that's it for now. and oh, Kelantan win Malaysia Cup after getting their revenge on N9 from last year final. congrats to them. ciao.
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